Random fashion thoughts - Part II (A New Hope)

[kindofyoung]

is see no reason to not put lug soles on all my footwear

I've actually been thinking about what sneakers might look good with some serious lug/commando soles for when it's cold and slippery and miserable outside

I have no clue yet

 

[Find Finn]

I'm 99% sure I've seen sneakers with vibram christy soles.

 

[nicelynice]



I have one on that other site in grey, not dark though:

https://www.___.com/listings/307566-s-n-s-herning-zip-knit-jacket-size-m

Yeah, that's the intro, looking for something SLIGHTLY heavier. Nice piece, though!!

Does Norse Projects have any connection to SNS? This looks exactly like an SNS piece... and also what I'm looking for

http://www.norseprojects.com/store/ss15/ss15-knitwear/ss15-bubble-zip

 

[sipang]



I'm 99% sure I've seen sneakers with vibram christy soles.

yeah but that's small time, it's barely a tread sole

 

[OccultaVexillum]

CP had those lug sole tournaments this year.

 

[Synthese]

anyone know if Tom Ford private blend fragrances are all unisex?

What does this mean? None of them are equipped with reproductive organs, if that's what you're asking. Some certainly skew towards the "feminine," but that shouldn't deter you. One of my regulars is Violet Blond, which is decidedly not a "manly" scent.

 

[Fuuma]



haha, I'm trying to keep an open mind and resist the "kids these days / get off my lawn" impulse.

the gist was:

- baseball mitt leather, ew
- bean bag
- deification of eames
- yuppie status symbol
- craft beard guy
- twitter
- Mission condo

I like interior deco as much as the next guy but in the end it makes me really uncomfortable because I associate it with douchebag losers.

 

[the shah]



is see no reason to not put lug soles on all my footwear

 

[GoldenTribe]

My goodness -- I thought the sawtooth was big on these suckers:

What does this mean? None of them are equipped with reproductive organs, if that's what you're asking. Some certainly skew towards the "feminine," but that shouldn't deter you. One of my regulars is Violet Blond, which is decidedly not a "manly" scent.

When you too, friend, have been ravished by the metaphorical external genital structure of a virile scent, you will understand the wounds he bears.

 

[LA Guy]

I like interior deco as much as the next guy but in the end it makes me really uncomfortable because I associate it with douchebag losers.

It's really more annoying when they are douchebag winners. Makes it much less bearable.

 

[Fuuma]



It's really more annoying when they are douchebag winners.  Makes it much less bearable.

I certainly doubt these people and I share the same definition of "winning" so the odds of them being "winners" in my eyes is extremely low.

 

[LA Guy]

I certainly doubt these people and I share the same definition of "winning" so the odds of them being "winners" in my eyes is extremely low.

It's immaterial that they are not "winners" in your book. That they are in their's is enough to make them extra insufferable.

On a similar note, I am not sure that I can palate the Monocle Magazine anymore. It's a noxious mixture of this type of douchebag and some very shallow, vaguely left leaning, commentary on society, commerce, etc...

 

[habitant]



It's immaterial that they are not "winners" in your book.  That they are in their's is enough to make them extra insufferable.  

On a similar note, I am not sure that I can palate the Monocle Magazine anymore.  It's a noxious mixture of this type of douchebag and some very shallow, vaguely left leaning, commentary on society, commerce, etc...

What you're saying is that it hasn't changed?

 

[indesertum]

I thought it was always like that

 

[YoungM]



It's immaterial that they are not "winners" in your book.  That they are in their's is enough to make them extra insufferable.  

On a similar note, I am not sure that I can palate the Monocle Magazine anymore.  It's a noxious mixture of this type of douchebag and some very shallow, vaguely left leaning, commentary on society, commerce, etc...

These critiques always make me a little uncomfortable, probably because I think it would be remarkably easy to lob them at me, as well as pretty much everyone on this forum.

More importantly though, I think it's worth giving a bit of benefit of the doubt to people who are at least trying to create or consume good ****. Someone here fairly recently suggested that the Milk Bar was essentially "hipster crap." It may not be groundbreaking, and it may be frequented by people who are common enough to mark them as a type, but I think Milk Bar is still a huge improvement over Baskin-Robbins. Eames may be played out, or frequently used as a status signifier, but it still has a ton of merit, and it's still a huge improvement over Weirs. While trying too hard may be obvious and irritating, I still prefer it to not trying at all.

I live in suburban Dallas. I am surrounded by people in minivans wearing polos and eating at Chile's. Food, clothing, architecture, interior design, politics - it's all a homogeneous, safe blend of lazy ****. It may be more honest and less intentional than fashion victims and NYC's hottest new restaurant (and I kind of doubt that) but it's still lazy and ******.

And most of all, I think the constant drive to parse out people's motivations and authenticity is exhausting. We're all building our personas out of whatever we can find. I think most of us would come up looking really, really lame if this level of cynicism was applied to us.

That said, Monocle is super transparent. Still buy it before flights though.